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Agricultural Land Tenure and Carbon Offsets

  • by Roger Claassen and Mitch Morehart
  • 9/23/2009
  • EB-14

Overview

Agricultural Land Tenure and Carbon Offsets examines the potential role that land ownership might play in determining the agricultural sector's involvement in carbon sequestration programs. By estimating the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural producers who own most of the land they operate, this report finds that land ownership should not be a constraining factor in agriculture's ability to provide carbon offsets.

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